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KNITTING-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 7, 1919.

Application filed August 2, 1918. Seria1 No. 248,009.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLYN C. R. WELLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Knitting-Holders, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a knitting holder, and the object is to provide a device consisting of a plurality of telescoping tubes provided with ,slots within which the knitting and needles are inserted, one of these tubes being closed at the ends by means of plugs or the like, means being formed therein for rotating the outer tube with reference to the inner tube and preventing its longitudinal movement, providing for the coperation of the slots formed inf the respective tubes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel con struction, combination, and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: f

Figure l is a view in longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inner tube.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the outer tube.

Fig. i is a section on the line 4:4 of Fig. 1.

The outer tubular member is designated 10 and is provided with a slot 12 which may be of rectangular formation and which extends through the major portion of the length of the tube. The inner tube is designated 14 and is of a diameter to correspond with the diameter of the bore of the tube 10. Tube 111 is provided with a slot having a wide portion 15 through the central part ot the tube, Aand narrower portions 16 comi municating with the central portion at each end thereof. This wider portion permits of the insertion of needles carrying large heads.

The inner tube is closed at one end by means of a plug having a knurled edge 19 constituting a flanged portion of the plug. This element is permanently fixed in the end of the tube, and the flanged portion serves to prevent the movement of the outer tube lengthwise in that direction, but permitting rotary movement of the outer' tube with reference to the inner tube.

.At the opposite end, a plug 21 closes the inner tube, and an annular member 23 is carried by the outer portion of the end of the inner tube and abuts the end of the outer tube, preventing movement of the outer tube longitudinally in this direction. Element 23 has threaded connection with the inner tube, as 'indicated at 26.

The knitting needles having been inserted, with the knitted fabric extending 'from the device described, the outer tube is partly rotated by taking hold of the roughened portions 24 and 19 and turning the tube in either direction.

What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a plurality of concentric tubes, the outer tube being provided with a longitudinal slot and the inner tube being provided with a longitudinal slot wider at the central portion than at the ends, and means for preventing longitudinal movement of the tubes with reference to each other, said means including an annular member for connection with one end of the inner tube and a flanged plug entering the opposite end of the inner tube and abutting the adjacent end of the outer tube.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GAROLYN CURTIS RALEIGH WELLS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

` Washington, D. G. 

